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The executive committee of the legislative council—the six top leaders of the House and Senate—voted 5-1 Wednesday to make ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas constitution limits its Legislature to a 140-day regular session every other year, and the final three weeks of a session include several deadlines, setting a rapid and ...

Jonathan Choe and Brandi Kruse challenged Washington’s press credentialing system, reshaping access rules and highlighting tensions also seen in Oregon and Idaho as traditional media gatekeeping faces ...

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This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. It’s one state budget crisis after another. That’s the takeaway from quarterly economic and ...

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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — As the use of artificial intelligence expands into new aspects of society, a new use was ...

After weeks of deliberations and a one-day special session, the Minnesota Legislature has finished its work. There were impassioned speeches and some disagreements, but legislators mostly stayed on ...

Nevada taxpayers will be on the hook for the upcoming special session of the Legislature that Gov. Joe Lombardo plans to call. The cost in time and resources is part of why the state Constitution says ...

On the last day of the regular session, the Louisiana Legislature settled two major debates: A bill that would have banned companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drug stores died, ...